LEAGUE NEWS

Ben Hunt will head home to Queensland to get away from rugby league as he fears his end-of-season form with St George Illawarra may have cost him a possible Australian jersey.

The form halfback of the first half of the competition, Hunt has been beaten from pillar to post in recent months before his difficult end to the season culminated in Saturday's 13-12 semi-final loss to South Sydney.

After looking as if he was set to prove his critics wrong with a strong start at ANZ Stadium, Hunt admitted he got the Dragons' final attacking play wrong when opting to run the ball on the last with a minute to play instead of kicking down field.